A former CEO of Ennis Chamber is warning against freshly proposed plans from Supermac’s to construct a €10m motorway plaza on the outskirts of Ennis. Earlier this week, Pat McDonagh announced that they would lodge a new application for a plaza at Skehenagh Roundabout which would include a service station, convenience shop, food court, children’s …
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Thankfully the heatwave is still with us, it’s weather that suits an ice cream or two so with that in mind The Clare Echo’s Love Clare columnist Aoibín Garrihy selected her top five places to stop in the county for an ice-cream. To read more from Aoibhín including the must have for new mothers, pick …
Newmarket Celtic have been handed a home draw in the first round of the FAI Senior Cup. For the first time in their fifty year history, Celtic will partake in the competition and will face Dublin club Cabinteely FC who were first granted a League of Ireland licence in 2015, they currently ply their trade …
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A ruling regarding the awarding of seaweed harvesting licences has been described as a victory for coastal communities. This week it was announced that seaweed harvesting licences cannot be awarded in an area where there is an existing right to harvest seaweed. Sinn Féin MEP, Liadh Ni Riada stated, “This ruling is a victory for …
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Clare’s first Starbucks has opened its doors today (Tuesday). Shannon Free Zone has become home to one of the country’s first drive-thru Starbucks as the US coffee house chain opened the doors of its latest outlet to the public this afternoon. The 204sq metre unit will employ fifteen people. The single storey unit will include …
Donie Garrihy has yet to decide whether he will continue on as manager of the Clare Oscar Traynor side. Speaking at the AGM of the CDSL in his annual address the two time Oscar Traynor winning manager insisted “this is not a farewell speech”. Denis Hynes, David Russell and Daryl Eade were the rest of …
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Shannon Airport is set to slash its energy consumption by one-third by 2020 as it becomes a low carbon green campus. It has entered into a new partnership with ESB and will also see the replacement of an entire suite of older indoor and outdoor lighting with ultra-modern LEDs and explore how to make greater …
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A Clare secondary school is rapidly developing a glowing reputation when it comes to science. Following on from their success at the Salters Festival of Chemistry in UCC and their success in SciFest, Mary Immaculate Secondary School participated in the Northern Ireland Young Scientist competition, which was held in the Jordanstown campus of the University …
Clare’s annual Somme Memorial of Remembrance will take place at 2pm on Saturday 14th July at the county’s World War 1 memorial at the Causeway Link Rd, Ennis. This annual service remembers all those from Clare who died in WW1, most notably those who died during the Somme offensives in 1916 where one million of …
Cork collected their fifty third Munster title at the expense of Clare on Sunday but for John Meyler it was just another game and another box ticked. “It’s just another match, it’s finished now and it’s over with, we’re in an All-Ireland semi-final and we need to rectify what went on last year, that’s not …
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